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SAMUEL W. BUZARD, OF J AMESPORT, MISSOURI.

SASH HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,737, dated April28, 1885.

Application filed November 26, 1884. (N 0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. BUZARD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing atJamesport, in the county of Daviess and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinSash-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to' certain new and useful improvements insash-holders, the object being to provide a means whereby the lower sashof a window-frame will be held in any vertical position in which it maybe placed without the employment of a sash-balance;

and my invention consists in the construction and combination of theparts, as will be here inafter fully set forth, and specifically pointedout in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 isa sectional view.

A represents a window-frame which is provided at its upper portion witha permanentlyattached sash, B. To the central bar of the upper sash, onits inner side, is attached a serrated bar, B, the said serrationshaving downwardly-inclined portions b. The upper meeting-rail of thelower sash, O, is provided centrally on its upperside with anangle-plate,.D, which is provided with two vertical portions, 01 d,which vertical portions are provided with transverse slots (1, throughwhich slots passes a horizontal bar, E, which horizontal bar is providedlongitudinally with a slot, 6. The inner end of said bar is beveled, asshown in Fig. 2, so that the same may better engage with the serratedbar B. The horizontal bar E, between the upwardly-projecting portions ofthe angle-plate D, is encircled by a spiral spring, F, one end of whichbears against a pin, f, while the other end of said spring abuts againstthe inner side of the upwardly-projecting portion of the angle-plate D,which is adjacent to the outer edge of the meeting-rail, the effect ofthis spiral spring being to throw the bar E against the serrated bar B.A bar, G, having. an upper angular portion, 9, passes through the slot 6of the horizontal bar E, and also through a staple, g, attached to thecenter bar of the frame of the lower sash. The bar Ghas attached nearits lower end a spring, h, which bears upon the staple g and tends tothrow said bar upwardly, so that its portion below the enlarged angularportion 9 will be normally opposite the horizontal bar E. The lowerportion of the bar G is perforated for the reception of a cord fordrawing said bar downwardly when it is desired to lower the lower sash.

From the foregoing description of the construction of the parts it willbe evident that the lower sash may be raised without adjusting any ofthe parts, and will be held in a raised position, and when it is desiredto lower this sash it will be only necessary to draw up on the cordsufiiciently to depress the bar G so that its angular portion willcontact with the horizontal bar and withdraw the same from theserrations of the plate attached to the upper sash.

' 1 claim The combination, in a sash-holder, of the upper sash providedwith a vertical serrated bar, the lower sash-frame provided on its upperside with an angle-plate, ll), slotted for the passage of thespring-bolt, and spring lo' cated in said angle-plate and normallytending to hold said bolt in engagement with the teeth of said rack-bar,a vertical bar, G, having a wedge portion designed to withdraw said boltfrom the raclebar, and an operatingcord depending from said Wedgebar,and a spring for maintaining the wedge portion of said bar out ofengagement with the bolt, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAM. \V. BUZARD. Witnesses:

' HORA'IIO BUNKER,

JOHN A. MGPEEL.

